Table T8_2_1_4-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 8_2_1_4.1
Office-based physicians with a computerized system for recording patient demographic information, United States, 2010
Physician characteristics		Sample size	Percent	SE
Total		4,507	74.5	0.9
Age of physician	Under 35	162	84.4	3.9
	35–44	1,180	83.2	1.4
	45–54	1,500	77.6	1.5
	55 and over	1,657	66.5	1.5
Practice size (number of physicians)	1–2	1,400	62.8	1.5
	3–5	1,316	78.6	1.5
	6–10	987	83.9	1.6
	More than 10	804	90.4	1.6
Specialty	Primary care	2,157	76.4	1.2
	Surgical	1,018	74.9	1.8
	Medical	1,261	70.4	1.6
Ownership	Physician/physician group	2,939	71.0	1.0
Ownership	Other	1,533	85.0	1.3
Non-Hispanic White population^a	Less than 50%	805	71.7	2.0
	50–69%	1,178	73.8	1.7
	70–79%	844	76.5	1.8
	80% or more	1,680	77.1	1.7
Region	Northeast	800	72.8	2.0
	Midwest	1,106	76.6	1.6
	South	1,433	75.0	1.4
	West	1,168	73.7	2.0
Metropolitan status	Metropolitan	3,623	74.2	0.9
Metropolitan status	Nonmetropolitan	884	77.5	3.0

^a Percentage of U.S. standard population in the county that is non-Hispanic White.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), NAMCS core and Electronic Medical Record mail supplement combined file.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T8_2_1_4-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/8_healthsysteminfrastructure/T8_2_1_4-1.html